Week 8 Blog Assignment

CONGRATULATIONS! we finished the class :) Thank you to everyone who responded and commented throughout the 8 weeks!

I am both excited and terrified to be finished with our foundations class for the program. I am wondering if it will be more difficult in future classes because it is no longer just the 'foundation' into class. I am very pleased with my grades though, which is a great relief to me! My mother has a very roundabout way of being supportive, and usually tells me I am going to fail out (reverse psychology to make me try not to fail?). With this course, every positive comment our instructor gave me I was excited about and shared with her, only to have her respond back saying that "she has to do that because it's a for-profit school and they want your money". GREAT MOM, THANKS. My coworkers have been very supportive of my good grades, and have shared excited discussions with me about each week's assignments.

  I wish I could have helped my classmates more, I feel for those who were struggling with how to submit or properly post, almost til the end of the course. I hope our professor was more help than the discussion board let on, I feel she often regurgitated the information posted instead of wording it differently for those who were still struggling and may not have understood that way.  I'll be of as much help as I can if anyone needs it!! I used to help my college friends do computer things when we were apart during summers, and I am pretty good and giving walk through's and other specific information to get to the end result! You can alway post on the blog, or use our walden E-mail :) I hate for anyone to struggle through the class only due to technology.

I wish we had access to our next course earlier, I would love to poke around for more than a couple days to make sure i've read everything. I am curious to see how different each instructor is, especially with grading! I hope that all of us continue in the same classes so we can have a stronger network and develop long distance friendships so we can vent about work (haha). I thank all of you for providing support with responses to our assignments  and for posting before me to give me strength or ideas for my own posts, I think I only posted first once!

on another note, i'm SO MAD. I was filling out my tuition reimbursemnt information for the next two classes i'm going to be taking and I realize it says that they will notify me if the application goes through or not. well, I was never notified and it has been over 8 weeks (the form had to be submitted PRIOR to enrolling- WHAT?!) so I think my boss forgot to submit it!!! I have to talk to her tomorrow, but she tends to be forgetful. I am hoping that they can let me re-submit, since they won't process anything until I give them proof that I've passed with a B or better anyway. she better not do this for the next set of classes!!! they will give me  up to $1500 or 75% of my classes per year (whichever is lower haha), which is awesome, because this summer course was considered 2001-2012, and gives me an additional year of refunds since its a 2-ish year program. Septembers class is considered 2012-2013 :)

Week 7 Blog Assignment

three ideals contained in the NAEYC and DEC codes of ethics


I-1.9—To advocate for and ensure that all children,
including those with special needs, have access to the
support services needed to be successful.



this is important to me because I have worked with many children who were in need of services and I have had to advocate for them in order to obtain the proper services for them. Some families believe that needing services can label their children, and I believe that it is just a benefit for the child.




I-2.1 To be familiar with the knowledge base related to
working effectively with families and to stay informed
through continuing education and training.

This is crucial to any educator because the field is ever-changing. Massachusetts requires 20 hours of training a year to be an early childhood professional. 


I-2.7—To share information about each child’s education and development with families and to help them understand and appreciate the current knowledge base of the early childhood profession..

This is such an important ideal because some parent simply have no experience being in charge of another life! Being knowledgeable and sharing the information with families give them a valuable resource that they can converse with.

Week 6 Blog Assignment

no week 6 assignment! lucky me, i've been renovating my kitchen so this gives me a few spare moments!